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Prof. Dr. Jelle Creemers

Prof. Dr. Jelle Creemers

Professor and Department Chair of Religious Studies and Missiology | Academic Dean

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Education, degrees
  • 2014: Ph.D. in Theology and Religious Studies (Evangelische Theologische Faculteit, Leuven)
  • 2013: Certificate NOSTER-programme (Netherlands School for Advanced Studies in Theology and Religion)
  • 2005: Kandidaat in Philosophy (KU Leuven)
  • 2002: Aggregaat voor Protestants Godsdienstonderwijs in de hogere graad (ETF Leuven)
  • 2002: Licentiaat in de godgeleerdheid (M.Th.) (ETF Leuven)
Academic positions and teaching experience
  • 2022-: Academic Dean; Professor and Department Chair of Religious Studies and Missiolgy, ETF Leuven
  • 2018-2019: Vice Dean (Education), ETF Leuven; member of Executive Team
  • 2018-2021: Deputy Chair of Department Religious Studies and Missiology, ETF Leuven
  • 2018-2021: Postdoctoral Research Fellow of FWO-Vlaanderen (renewal, PT)
  • 2017-2021: Associate Professor of Religious Studies, ETF Leuven
  • 2015-2018: Postdoctoral Fellow for Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO-Vlaanderen)
  • 2014-2017: Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology, ETF Leuven
  • 2005-2014: Assistant in Systematic Theology, ETF Leuven
  • 2001-2012: Teacher Protestant-Evangelical Religion in Primary and Secondary Education (tenure at Royal Atheneum, Keerbergen)
  • 2002-2003: Seminary teacher, Baptist Theological Seminary of Malawi, Lilongwe
Academic memberships
  • International Society for the Sociology of Religion (ISSR/SISR)
  • European Association for the Study of Religion (EASR)
  • Belgische Associatie voor de studie van religies (BABEL)
  • Societas Oecumenica – the European Society for Ecumenical Research (Standing Committee member 2014-2018)
  • GloPent: European Research Network on Global Pentecostalism
  • Netherlands School for Advanced Studies in Theology and Religion (NOSTER)
Selected Bibliography

Books

  • With Tatiana Kopaleishvili, eds. Religious Freedom in Times of COVID-19: A European Perspective. ICLARS Series on Law and Religion. London: Routledge, 2024.
  • With Tatiana Kopaleishvili, eds. Challenges of Religious Communities in European Secular States and Beyond, special issue of International Journal for Religious Freedom 16, no. 2 (2023).
  • ‘In de wereld, niet van de wereld’: Strategische Identiteitsbepalingen in de Vlaamse evangelische vrijkerkelijke beweging (1980-2022). Leuven: ETF Leuven, 2022.
  • With Samuël Velinga. Face 2 Face Protestants in Encounter, Teacher’s Book. Beyond the Horizon, 2021 (also in Dutch and French).
  • With Samuël Velinga. Face 2 Face Protestants in Encounter, Teacher’s Book. Beyond the Horizon, 2021 (also in Dutch and French).
  • With Ulrike Link-Wieczorek, eds. On Nations and the Churches: Ecumenical Responses to Nationalisms and Migration. Proceedings of the 20th Academic Consultation of the Societas Oecumenica. Beihefte zur ökumenischen Rundschau 129. Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, 2020.
  • With Hans Geybels, eds. Religion and State in Secular Europe Today. Theoretical Perspectives and Case Studies. Annua Nuntia Lovaniensia 79. Leuven: Peeters, 2019.
  • Theological Dialogue with Pentecostals: Challenges and Opportunities. London: Bloomsbury, 2015.

Journal Articles and Book Chapters

  • “Freedom of Religious Assembly in Belgium: Legislation and Praxis Concerning Religious Freedom during the COVID-19 Crisis.” In Religious Freedom in Times of COVID-19: A European Perspective, edited by Jelle Creemers and Tatiana Kopaleishvili, 115–38. ICLARS Series on Law and Religion. London: Routledge, 2024.
  • With Tatiana Kopaleishvili. “Never Let a Good Crisis Go to Waste.” In Religious Freedom in Times of COVID-19: A European Perspective, edited by Jelle Creemers and Tatiana Kopaleishvili, 3–15. ICLARS Series on Law and Religion. London: Routledge, 2024.
  • With Pieter Boersema. “Mission, Missiology and Religious Studies at ETF Leuven: Perspectives on Past and Present.” In The Vitality of Evangelical Theology: Celebrating ETF Leuven at 40, edited by Andreas J. Beck, Jos de Kock, and Steven C. van den Heuvel, 209–21. Leuven: Peeters, 2022.
  • “Freedom of Religion or Belief in Belgium: Some Religions are More Equal than Others,” January 5, 2021. http://talkabout.iclrs.org/2021/01/05/freedom-of-religion-or-belief-in-belgium/.
  • With Samuël Velinga. “Protestantisme.” In In de fascinerende tuin van religies/levensbeschouwingen, een binnenperspectief: Handleiding voor de leerkracht, 89–106. Beyond the Horizon, 2021 (also in French and English).
  • With Samuël Velinga. “Protestantisme.” In In de fascinerende tuin van religies/levensbeschouwingen, een binnenperspectief: Handleiding voor de leerling, 79–94. Beyond the Horizon, 2021 (also in French and English).
  • With Geert Lorein, Aaldert Prins, and Patrick Nullens. “Belgium.” In World Christian Encyclopedia, edited by Todd Johnson and Gina Zurlo, 105-109. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2020.
  • “We All Share the Same Values, Right? How Institutionalization of Religions in Belgium Promotes Secular Liberal Values.” In Religion and State in Secular Europe Today. Theoretical Perspectives and Case Studies, edited by Jelle Creemers and Hans Geybels, 137–50. Annua Nuntia Lovaniensia 79. Leuven: Peeters, 2019.
  • With Hans Geybels. “Religion and State in Europe Today: The Challenge of Assertive Secular Ideology?” In Religion and State in Secular Europe Today. Theoretical Perspectives and Case Studies, edited by Jelle Creemers and Hans Geybels, 1–11. Annua Nuntia Lovaniensia 79. Leuven: Peeters, 2019.
  • “Protestanten verenigd voor of door de Staat? Onderhandelingen over de afbakening van een erkende eredienst in België (1999-2002).” Tijdschrift voor Religie, Recht en Beleid2 (2018): 5–18.
  • “We Are (Kind of) Protestants Too! Self-Categorization of Free Church Evangelicals in Communications with the Belgian Authorities (1992-1997).” Journal of Church and State 61, no. 1 (2018): 41–58.
  • “Ecumenical Recognition and Reception in Free Church Perspective.” In Just Do It!? Recognition and Reception in Ecumenical Relations. Proceedings of the 19th Academic Consultation of the Societas Oecumenica, 59–64. Beihefte zur Ökumenischen Rundschau 117. Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, 2018.
  • “All Together in One Synod? The Process of Structural Unification of Evangelical Free Churches in Belgium (1985-1998).” Trajecta: Religion, Culture and Society in the Low Countries 26, no. 1 (2017): 275–302.
  • “Belgium.” In Encyclopedia of Martin Luther and the Reformation, edited by Mark A. Lamport, 1:64–67. Washington, D.C.: Rowman & Littlefield, 2017.
  • “Oecumenische dialogen tussen katholieken, evangelischen en pentecostals: uitdagingen en mogelijkheden.” Perspectief 35 (2017): 36–54.
  • “Can Hard Questions Soften Relations? Some Observations on Dialogical Method in the International Roman Catholic-Classical Pentecostal Dialogue.” In Pathways for Ecclesial Dialog in the Twenty-First Century: Revisiting Ecumenical Method, edited by Mark Chapman and Miriam Haar, 43–56. Houndmills: Palgrave MacMillan, 2016.
  • “The Church and Its Characteristics in the Document The Church (2013) of the WCC’ Commission on Faith and Order. A Constructive Critique from an Evangelical Free Church Perspective.” In Catholicity under Pressure: The Ambiguous Relationship Between Diversity and Unity. Proceedings of the 18th Academic Consultation of the Societas Oecumenica, edited by Dagmar Heller and Péter Szentpétery, 323–334. Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, 2016.
  • “An Evangelical Response to ‘The Church: Towards a Common Vision.’” Ecclesiology 34, no. 3 (2016): 316–330.
  • “Ecumenical Recognition and Reception in Free Church Perspective.” Perspectief 34 (2016): 44–49.
  • “Dance to the Beat of Your Own Drum: Classical Pentecostals in Ecumenical Dialogue.” Journal of the European Pentecostal Theological Association 35, no. 1 (2015).
  • “Evangelical Free Churches and State Support in Belgium: Praxis and Discourse from 1987 to Today.” Trajecta 2015, no. 1 (2015): 177–204.
  • “Rooms-katholieke kerk en klassieke pinksterbeweging – Unieke en gedurfde international dialoog” in: Tussenruimte: Tijdschrift voor interculturele theologie (2013/3).
  • “Local Dialogue as a Means to Ecumenical Reception: The International and Dutch Pentecostal-Catholic Dialogues in Close-up” in Exchange 42, no. 4 (2013), 366-384.
  • “The Intertwined Problems of Representation and Reception in Pentecostal Ecumenical Involvement: a Case Study.” One in Christ 46 (2011), 142-161.
  • “Leven in het Koninkrijk van God: (ont)spannend?.” In: Thomas, J., and Hausoul, R. Je bent jong en je wilt God. Heerenveen: Medema, 2010.
  • “Time will teach us… Reflections on thirty-five years of Pentecostal – Roman Catholic Dialogue.” Ecclesiology 5 (2009), 322-344.
  • “Katholiek en vrij: kerkzijn in vrijkerkelijk perspectief.” In: De Mey, P., De Witte, P. (eds.), De K van kerk. De pluriformiteit van katholiciteit. Antwerpen: Halewijn, 2009, 123-132.
  • “Er is maar één Geest. Nederlandse katholieken en pinksterchristenen 10 jaar in dialoog.” Perspectief 2/2 (2009).
  • “Ambt en apostoliciteit: de koppeling van apostoliciteit en ambt voor, in en na het verschijnen van de Lima ambtstekst (1982).” In: Pieter Boersema e.a. (ed.). Gezag in beweging. Kerkelijk leiderschap tussen tekst en context. Heerenveen: Protestantse Pers, 2008, 19-36.
  • “Scheiden doet lijden… een inleiding in de kerkelijke zoektocht naar haar ware zelf.” In: Tymen van der Ploeg e.a. (ed.). Met beide benen op de grond: Balans van de verhouding Rome – Reformatie. ICS-cahiers 48. Amsterdam: Buijten & Schipperheijn Motief, 2008.